Editor: I agree with Marty Flick's letter published Feb. 24. It is time for Coach Foster to go. If the University does not have the courage to fire him, then please encourage an early retirement. The OSU women are likely to finish below .500 and in the bottom third of a weak Big Ten conference.

They will be hosting but not participating in the opening rounds of the NCAA tournament. The future looks dim since the top two scorers will be gone and Foster has NO recruits for next year. Foster is one of the highest paid women's coaches in the country but his teams have underperformed for years. This is unacceptable. It is time for a change.

Joan Goodin, Groveport

Ray: Not all of us started out in this cowtown — I mean, the great city of Columbus. Since the newspaper’s new format has been issued, one thing I have noticed missing is the all of the state of Ohio basketball scores from the previous night (I’m sure the same will go for the Ohio high school football scores).

I realize that The Dispatch is a local newspaper but it was sure nice to see the rest of Ohio’s high-school results.

— Pat Fleming, Hilliard

Mr. Stein: Here is my solution to these long, long (at times frustrating and boring) overtimes in college basketball games. The NCAA should adopt these rules for overtime games:

* Send the referees to their locker rooms

* No timeouts

* No fouls called

* No review of plays or clock time

* No substitutions

Just let the players “duke it out.” Only stoppage would be to get injured players off the court. Many players seem to like to play it like a street brawl, with little regard for the safety of other players or themselves (not unlike cage fighting). There seems to be less real athleticism and finesse in the game. Those endless timeouts only seem to serve the big egos of the coaches who draw up plays that are often unsuccessful, due to unpredictable defenses or poor execution. The coaches don’t seem to trust the skills and intelligence of their players enough.

The exhausting reviews to see if a player is charged or took a faked dive, etc, and what fractions of a second to put back on the clock, are killing the interest in the game. Some games are way too long, and result in missing some enjoyable minutes of a following game as well.

Maybe someone has some betters ideas to improve the sport!

— Keith Nash, Columbus

Ray: Since the arrival of Thad Matta it’s no secret that a number of his recruits have landed in the NBA. Although I’m not a huge fan of the NBA, I am curious to how they’re doing. As an alternative to checking individual game box scores to follow their progress perhaps The Dispatch could print something like a weekly summary of games stats for each of the former Buckeyes (and any other area players) currently in the NBA.

The Dispatch highlights the accomplishments of ex-Buckeyes in the NFL ( nice feature) each Monday during the football season, so why not give the basketball players the same recognition in a summary format? For those of us that are just as big OSU basketball fans as football it would be a nice touch.

— Bill Daehler, New Albany

Editor: Why would you pick a little section of the college basketball lines and not put all the college lines in on a Saturday?